Mine detail: Lead - Metals Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.59518, -115.04234

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	STRINGERS, VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1946

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Dolomitized Marble And Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Brecciation

References

MRDS	W014082
MAS	160370472
DEP	10070935
Reference	{Deposit:: Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P.}{Deposit:: Western Mining News, Feb. 7, 1969.}
Reporter	Weldin, Robert , Miller, Pat J.